EF0 tornado in Cook County, Illinois

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 80 mph began near Harvard Avenue between 69th Street and 70th Street near the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The tornado moved northeast crossing Interstate 94 then crossed Interstate 90, where a railroad car was reported to be knocked over. A roof was damaged on a building near 68th Street and Rhodes Avenue with debris scattered onto the street. The tornado continued across the Woodlawn and Jackson Park neighborhoods of Chicago where numerous trees were damaged, some snapped, some uprooted. Minor roof damage was also reported. A large tree was uprooted and fell onto two houses in the 6600 block of South University Avenue. A large tree was snapped and fell onto a roadway near Marquette Road and Kimbark Avenue. The tornado moved out over Lake Michigan as a waterspout near the 63rd Street Beach.

Thunderstorms developed during the evening of July 14th and continued into the early morning of July 15th, as they moved across all of northern and central Illinois. Nine tornadoes occurred, along with widespread wind damage. In the City of Chicago, there were 2,810 tree emergency calls and 1,430 calls for tree debris. Localized flash flooding also occurred, for a second night in a row in the Rockford area.